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Add a “but”…yes, you heard me

It’s not always easy to speak positively to yourself and 100% believe in your words. You want to, but often your rationalizing self kicks in.

So when I read about this neat little trick of adding a “but” to your sentence, I tried it out and loved it! It converts your negative thoughts into positive ones, while keeping it realistic. Magic really.

Here’s an example from the article, “I feel I will never lose weight” becomes “I feel I will never lose weight, but I know there are other people who used to be exactly like me and made it happen!”

And some more examples:

“I don’t want to get up this morning” becomes “I don’t want to get up this morning, but if I get up now I could relax a little longer over my coffee.”

“I don’t feel like going out tonight, but maybe I’ll meet someone new and interesting.”